- You need to calculate your CSU/UC GPA at the end of Junior year.
https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
Post Capped weighted (8 semesters of Honors points), Unweighted and Fully weighted UC GPA.
How is your HS course rigor in comparison to your fellow classmates?
UC’s and CSU’s do consider HS course rigor in the application review since they give extra honors points in the UC/CSU GPA calculation for AP/IB and DE courses taken 10-11th grade.
- What are your test scores?
- For the CSU's, all admit by Eligibility index and major except for Cal Poly SLO which uses MCA points.
Your Eligibility index is calculated as follows:
(UC/CSU GPA x800) + (SAT Math+CR) or (UC/CSU GPA x200) + (ACT composite x10)
For CSULB, you want an Eligibility index of 4000 SAT or 1000 ACT for the best chances
For SDSU, you want an Eligibility index of 4100 SAT or 1050 ACT for the best chances
SLO uses 9-11th grades in their GPA calculation with a cap of 8 semesters of honors points. Here is a link on how to calculate your MCA points.
For SLO, it is very major dependent so an MCA score of 4700 is solid for most majors.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cal-poly-san-luis-obispo/1694769-confused-about-mca-score.html
- UC's, competitive GPA around 4.0+, test scores, EC's and personal insight questions are contribute to your application review and chances.
Here is a link for the average stats for each UC campus to give you an idea of some targets:
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/files/uc-freshman-application-data.pdf
Once you finish your Junior year and you have your test scores, then you can evaluate which schools to consider applying.